UpdateUpdateUpdate 0

6.0

2.1

1

WELCOME to our Sunday celebration!

If it is your first time with us we would like to especially welcome you.

We hope that you will enjoy meeting with God and His people today!

Crèche, kids and youth work provisions are held in the rooms on the

2nd floor. All our fantastic children’s workers hold CRB checks.

Free tea and coffee is in the first floor foyer after the meeting where

we would love to get to know you and to help you make new friends.

The Welcome Desk is available for all information about the life of the

church including the all of the events listed in this Update.

t:07949912500 w:www.newlifesalford.org e:admin@newlifesalford.org p:PO Box 480, Salford M5 3UY

Making Jesus FamousMaking Jesus FamousMaking Jesus Famous

Also coming up…

Tuesday 9.30-11am: ‘Yummy Mummies’ at various homes

Thursday 7.30pm: Worship Group Practice at King’s House

Today after the celebration:

‘Bring and Share Church Lunch’

at Jennie and Sarah’s flat in Ordsall.

Please bring something to share.

What’s Coming Up:

Monday: 7.00pm Led by Russ and Irene Bennett in Ordsall

Tuesday:

7.00pm Led by Kevin and Jo Hardwidge in Swinton

7.30pm Led by Jennie and Roland in Salford Quays

Wednesday:

7.30pm Led by David and Hannah Knight in Langworthy

FRIDAY 11TH

FEBRUARY, 7PM. SET UP FROM 4PM,

BUILE HILL PARK HALL, OFF ECCLES OLD ROAD, SALFORD M6 8GL

For further details of this event please ask at the Welcome Desk

LIFE IN THE SPIRITLIFE IN THE SPIRIT Tuesday 15th February, 7.30pm. Glenn House, M50 2RP

8th – 10th April 2011

8th – 10th April 2011

Book in at the

Welcome Desk today!

New Life Church are going on a fantastic weekend away to Cefn Lea

conference centre. We will spend quality time as a family and know

more of God’s presence as we eat, relax and worship together.

Please visit www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk for booking information

Last Sunday, Richard Anniss, the apos-

tle to us as a church, shared the impor-

tance of never giving up on our vision.

Richard began by suggesting that there

is no point ‘moving on’ to a new vision

statement simply for the sake of it, es-

pecially if the vision we already have

remains partially unfulfilled. He asked

the church to sum up in some phrases

what we were about as a church here

in Salford, and then asked whether we

actually BELIEVED that it can be

achieved.

Richard then read 2 Corinthians 5:15-

21. He said this was a great summary

of the gospel; that we are reconciled

and restored to God so that He can in

turn make His appeal to others to live

a life free from serving their own de-

sires and needs and focus on God’s

kingdom. As New Life Church, we are

called to celebrate the new life we

have been given to the full; to be a

happy and exuberant people who rep-

resent life in the Kingdom accurately.

We should hold out the word of life to

the world around us (Philippians 2:16).

Richard looked at how life triumphs

over death. In Matthew 16:15-19, Je-

sus describes how the defensive gates

of death (Hades) cannot withstand the

church in her resurrection power! Russ Bennett

Never give up bringing new life to Salford!

The church (you and I) is destined to

turn signs and symptoms of death such

as sin, dead religion, wickedness, lone-

liness and depression back to life as

people are brought back to God and

His Kingdom of righteousness, peace

and joy in the Holy Spirit. Our new life

isn’t simply the name of our local

church, it’s the very identity and DNA

of who we are and the mission we are

caught up in and sent on! New life re-

produces new life!

Richard discussed how we can practi-

cally cultivate our life so that our new

life flows out of us unhindered. In John

15 we are told to ABIDE in Christ so we

will produce much fruit; in John 6:63

Jesus describes how it is only through

the work of the Holy Spirit that life is

produced—our natural selves apart

from His work counts for nothing in

the Kingdom.

Richard exhorted us to ‘sow to the

Spirit to reap the things of the

Spirit’ (Gal. 6:7-9), i.e. time in prayer

and reading the Bible, speaking in

tongues and fellowship, worship and

service.

We must NEVER EVER GIVE UP in our

pursuit of demonstrating to the world

that Jesus is alive and the Lord of all!